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Eviction-driven infanticide and sexually selected adoption and infanticide in a neotropical parrot [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaKarl S Berg +2 more
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Rodent mothers increase vigilance behaviour when facing infanticide risk
Scientific Reports, 2019 Infanticide, the killing of unrelated young, is widespread and frequently driven by sexual conflict. Especially in mammals with exclusive maternal care, infanticide by males is common and females suffer fitness costs.
Merel C. Breedveld +2 more
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Heimen, 2018 Records from the district court jurisdiction of Nordhordland, Sunnhordland and Hardanger and Voss reveal 43 women accused of infanticide during the period 1642–1799.
Siri Elisabeth Bernssen
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Notes and Queries, 1891 Infanticide, from the low Latin infanticidium, refers to the murder of a newborn, a crime found in all societies, in every historical period, and in most cases committed by its mother. The word infanticidium, first used by Tertullian in the Apologeticum (c. 197), denotes a ritual crime of a child in the context of early Christianity. The crime referred
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AM I MY CHILDREN’S KEEPER? EVIDENCE FOR INFANTICIDE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Journal of Ancient History and ArchaeologyInfanticide has been a subject of scholarly fascination, attracting researchers from diverse disciplines, and leading to the abundance of scholarly literature on this topic.
Lev Shir COSIJNS
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Contextualizing Female Infanticide: Ming China in Early Modern European Travelogues
The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 2010 One of the essential components of the early modern European response to China was an emphasis on the fabulous wealth and social organization of Chinese society.
Van Symons
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A test of male infanticide as a reproductive tactic in a cichlid fish [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Infanticide and offspring cannibalism are taxonomically widespread phenomena. In some group-living species, a new dominant individual taking over a group can benefit from infanticide if doing so induces potential mates to become reproductively available ...
Shagun Jindal +3 more
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2023 Victoria Nagy reviews Infanticide: Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688-1955 by Rachel Dixon.
Victoria Nagy
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Qu'ranic and Historical Analysis of Killing Girls in Pre-Islamic Era [PDF]
تحقیقات علوم قرآن و حدیث, 2012 Among the issues about women in pre-Islamic era are the two following subjects: the status of girls and killing them. These two issues are studied in this artich from both Qur'anic and historical perspective.
Mahdi Mehrizi, Maryam Mashhadi AliPur
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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